Swimming my first 1000 free Sunday. How should this be paced based on the 500? If I average 1:14's for the 500, can I hold this or will breakfeast reverse on me?
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For the long races I start by establishing a breathing rate that I can maintain throughout (how hard I breathe and how often). Then I swim at the threshold that I can with that much oxygen.
After the halfway point I increase my effort each 100 on the turn. Don't accellerate in the middle of the pool, just come off the wall with the new speed.
Usually my problem is starting out too slow then finding myself "stuck" in slow gear and unable to break out to negative split. On my best mile, my first and last 100s were slightly faster; all the other 100s were within 1 second of each other.
The 3rd quarter of the race is the hardest. Hang tough!
For the long races I start by establishing a breathing rate that I can maintain throughout (how hard I breathe and how often). Then I swim at the threshold that I can with that much oxygen.
After the halfway point I increase my effort each 100 on the turn. Don't accellerate in the middle of the pool, just come off the wall with the new speed.
Usually my problem is starting out too slow then finding myself "stuck" in slow gear and unable to break out to negative split. On my best mile, my first and last 100s were slightly faster; all the other 100s were within 1 second of each other.
The 3rd quarter of the race is the hardest. Hang tough!
